Talent & Culture Business Partner – North America

Sea to Summit is an award-winning Australian brand in the outdoor industry. We design, manufacture, and distribute innovative, meticulously engineered outdoor equipment for adventures at every altitude.

Sea to Summit was established in 1990. As an expanding global brand, we currently have offices in Sydney, Perth, North America, Germany, and China.

We are a motivated group of experienced, creative, and forward-thinking professionals. We are connected by our shared passion to create frictionless gear so you can enjoy limitless adventures.

Sea to Summit is a global premium outdoor brand trusted by adventurers worldwide. North America is a critical growth engine for our business. We are investing in leadership capability, scalable operations and disciplined execution to unlock the next phase of growth.

We are seeking a commercially astute Talent & Culture Business Partner to partner directly with our Regional President and North America Leadership Team.

This is not a traditional HR role.
This is a growth enabler role.

The Mandate:

You will ensure talent, leadership capability and our performance approach accelerate revenue growth and margin expansion — not constrain them. You will operate at both strategic and operational levels:

• Aligning people strategy to commercial outcomes
• Diagnosing capability gaps
• Elevating leadership effectiveness
• Embedding high performance standards
• Managing U.S. employee relations and compliance with discipline and sound judgement

You will also lead selected global Talent & Culture initiatives.

What You Will Drive:

Commercial Partnership

• Translate growth strategy into executable people plans
• Use workforce data to improve retention and performance
• Identify and remove organisational barriers to commercial revenue growth

Talent & Organisational Capability

• Lead organizational design initiatives required for growth
• Embed disciplined performance management

Culture & Engagement

• Convert engagement insights into measurable actions
• Activate a compelling EVP in a competitive U.S. talent market

Risk & Governance

• Own U.S. employee relations case load
• Manage payroll for North America
• Ensure compliance with federal, state and local employment law
• Mitigate risk while upholding company values

What We’re Looking For

• Proven HR Business Partner experience, ideally in growth environments
• Strong commercial acumen — you understand revenue drivers and margin impact
• Confidence and capability influencing senior leaders
• High capability in performance management, engagement and change management
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. employment law
• Analytical, pragmatic, and results oriented

Preferred:
Consumer goods experience. Outdoor industry exposure. Experience supporting rapid growth.

Why Join Sea to Summit?

• Global brand with strong growth momentum
• Direct partnership with senior commercial leadership
• Ability to shape North America’s next growth phase
• Opportunity to influence globally
• Competitive salary, performance incentives, 401(k), full benefits
• Relocation support available

This is a full-time office-based position (2 remote work days); located in Broomfield, Colorado. This position comes with a comprehensive benefits package which includes health insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement match, EAPs, paid time off, community service leave, paid holidays, wellness stipend, gear allowance, and some other great perks. The salary range for this role is $120,000 - $150,000.

Sea to Summit is committed to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and everyone is encouraged to apply. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law.

NOTE: This job posting is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualification associated with the job.